The Georgetown Public Library Foundation presented a check for $50,000 to the City of Georgetown in October. The donation was the second installment from the foundation’s capital campaign for the new public library, which opened in January 2007. Larry Franks, president of the foundation, gave the check to Mayor George Garver and City Manager Paul [...]

But what you build doesn’t have to be gingerbread and it doesn’t have to be a house!
Rules and information:

You may make any structure you choose.
All building materials should be edible.
“Enhanced” or “embellished” kits will compete in the kit category
Winners will be announced December 17
A $25 gift card will be awarded in each category.
Entries will be [...]

Joe Nick Patoski’s most recent book, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, has been called the culmination of his four-decade career of writing about Texas, Texans, and music. He has authored or co-authored biographies of Selena and Stevie Ray Vaughan, coffee table books such as Texas Mountains, Texas Coast, and Big Bend National Park, and was [...]

Are you an avid reader? Do you have friends who like to read as much as you do? Looking for the perfect teacher’s gift? Need a hostess gift? Stumped about what to buy the person who has everything?
Here’s the perfect solution! Buy everyone a 2009 BOOK LOVER’S CALENDAR. And pick up one up for yourself, [...]

The library regularly holds computer classes ranging from computer basics to advanced concepts like designing your own webpage.
Upcoming Classes for November:
Introduction to Computers (FREE)
Wednesdays, November the 12 (Part 1) and Wednesday the 19th (Part II)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM in the Classroom
Introduction to Microsoft Excel ($25)
Saturday and Sunday November 15th & 16th
2:00-4:00 PM in the [...]

Continuing the live music series that the Georgetown Public Library began in October with the Latin music band, Cerronato, on Sunday, November 9, 2008, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., Austin Bella Corda will perform for your enjoyment. The eight-member guitar ensemble that has wowed audiences at the library before returns with a program that should [...]

Earlier this year on August 16, five members of the Georgetown community shared their personal experiences from the period of desegregation in Georgetown’s schools during the 1950s and 1960s. The panel discussion took place at and was sponsored by the Georgetown Public Library.
A videotape of the panel is replaying on Georgetown channel 10 on Suddenlink [...]

On Sunday, October 12, Cerronato will kick off the library’s new live music series, Music! Live @ the Library. The group will perform from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the library plaza in front of the Red Poppy Coffee Shop. Cerronato is a central Texas group that plays Colombian-style vallenato and cumbia, music that may [...]

A free two-part seminar geared to educate owners and buyers of old houses.  The seminar starts on Monday, October 6 from 6-8:30 p.m. and continues at the same time on Monday, October 13 at the Georgetown Public Library’s Friends Room. Sponsored by the Georgetown Heritage Society, Georgetown Main Street Program and J. Bryant Boyd, Architect. Please visit www.georgetownheritagesociety.com [...]

Library Book Club

Next meeting: October 28th 7:00-8:00 PM at the library

Join us to discuss the new Georgetown Public Library book club’s next selection Lost and Found: A Novel by Caolyn Parkhurst.

Online Book Club

The library has a new online space for book clubs to meet or for those who want to get together online to share [...]